Oka Village - Okashuraku

Japanese: 岡集落 - おかしゅうらく

An old settlement in the inland part of the plain. This settlement is often the parent village of the Shinden settlement in the center of the plain or the Naya settlement near the coast (both of which are called child villages) that were established in the early modern period. The Kujukurihama coast in Chiba Prefecture is a typical example, and it developed naturally in an area blessed with water resources at the edge of a cliff on a plateau. The landowners of the Oka settlement became the fishing bosses, and many of the tenant farmers and fishermen of the Naya settlement became fishing workers. In recent years, the relationship between parent village and child village, and between fishing boss and fishing worker, has weakened, and each has formed an independent village society.

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Japanese:

平野の内陸部にある古い集落。この集落は近世に成立した平野の中央部の新田集落や，海岸の近くに分布する納屋集落 (ともに子村 ) の親村となることが多い。千葉県の九十九里浜のものが典型で，台地の崖端の水利に恵まれたところに自然的に発生した。岡集落の地主が網元となり，小作人や納屋集落の漁民は網子となった者が多かった。近年では親村，子村の関係や，網元，網子の関係も薄らぎ，それぞれ独立の村落社会を形成している。

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